Mop-wringer.



J. P. MORI'N;

MOP WRINGER. APPLICATION FILED MAR.10,1910.

Patented Apr. 30, 1912.

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JOSEPI-I P. MORIN, OF LACONIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMAS MORIN', OF LACONIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

MOP-WBINGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 30, 1912.

Application filed March 10, 1910. Serial No. 548,435.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. JOSEPH P. Moran, a citizen of the United States, residing at Laconia, in the county of Belknap and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MoplVringers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

My invention relates to improvements in mop-wringers and particularly to mopwringers adapted and designed for use upon and with a pail or similar receptacle in which is contained the liquid for rinsing the mop; and an object of my invention is to provide a mop-wringer of the character just described which will be simple in construction, relatively cheap in manufacture and most eflicient in operation.

In the drawings illustrating the principle of my invention and the best mode now known to me of applying that principle, Figure 1 is a plan and Fig. 2 is an elevation of a mop-wringer embodying my invention.

The top of the pail A is provided with bracket A having arms B, C, the free ends of which are opposed. The free end of the arm C is formed with guide-flanges D. In a U-shaped roller-carrier E is rotatably mounted a roller R having pivots K. The guide-flanges D support and guide one of the sides of the roller-carrier E and the latter is formed with an integral shank E the outer end of which is pivotally connected to the upper end of a lever L fulcrumed in a bracket H, which is carried by the side-wall of the pail A near its middle. Near the bottom of the side-wall of the pail A is fastened a bracket I in which is fulcrumed a bent or bell-crank lever F the free arm of which is adapted for use as a pedal and the other arm of which is pivotally connected to the lower end of the lever L. One end of a coil spring S is attached to the carrier E and its other end is fastened. to the edge of the top of the pail. A stationary roller R is mounted pivota-lly in the bracket or frame A, one of its pivots being supported in the free end of the arm B. When the operator, by resting his foot on the pedal F, forces the latter into the dotted line position marked 3, the lever L and the roller R will take the corresponding dotted line positions marked 3 and the roller R will be pressed against the roller R which cooperates with it. Upon relieving the pedal F from the pressure of the foot, the spring S pulls the parts back to the position shown by the full lines in Fig. 2, whereby a space M is left for the next insertion of the mop-cloths. A bracket G is held down by the foot of the operator and so serves to hold the pail during the time the pedal F is operated and also while the 1nopcloths are being pulled out from between the rollers.

In mop-wringers in which the position of the rollers relative to each other is controlled wholly by springs and, therefore, automatically, a certain space must be left between the rollers in their initial position, in order to permit the mop-handle to enter between them. The mop-cloths in such a case must be not less than a certain thickness and even when the thickness does not fall below this minimum, the free ends of the mop-cloths are not squeezed thoroughly free of the water in many instances. In the mopwringer hereinbefore described, the pressure exerted upon the mop-cloths is wholly under the control of the operator and may be varied by him at will. In the mop-wringer hereinbefore described, it is to be observed that two levers are used,a pedal-lever or foot-operated lever F and a roller-controlling lever or operating lever L. Where only a single lever is used, the lever must be placed high up on the pail, in order that suflicient space be left between the rollers in their initial position and that sufficient power may be developed. The result of this arrangement is that the operator, in operating the lever with his foot, must raise the same from the floor entirely and has thus thrown upon his attention the maintaining of his balance. In my new mop-wringer the pedal lever is placed at the bottom of the pail and so low down that the operator does not have to raise his heel from the floor but may operate the pedal lever by raising only the toe, the heel resting on the floor. Thus, the attention of the operator is not distracted by the annoying consciousness of imminent danger of losing his balance and upsetting the pail.

I claim:

I. A mop-wringer consisting of a pair of rollers, one if which is movable relatively to the other; a pail on which said rollers are mounted; a bent lever fulcrumed on the side wall of said pail at the bottom thereof and supported by said pail and an operating lever fulcrulned on the side wall of said pail near the middle thereof and over the pivoted end of said bent lever and having its lower end in engagement with one arm of said bent lever and its upper end connected to the movable one of said pair of rollers; the other arm of said bent lever serving as a pedal.

2. A niop-wringer consisting of a pair of rollers, one of which is movable relatively to the other and is spring-controlled; a pail on which said rollers are mounted; a bent lever fulcrunied on the side wall of said pail at the bottom thereof and supported by said pail; and an operating lever fulcrunled 011 the side wall of said pail near the middle thereof and over the pivoted end of said bent lever and having its lower end in engagement with one arm of said bent lever and its upper end connected to the movable one of said pair of rollers; the other arm of said bent lever serving as a pedal.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand at Laconia, New IIZLIDPSllllG, this 8th day of March, A. D. 1910, in the presence of the two undersigned witnesses.

JOSEPH P. MORIN. lVitnesses lVILLiAM C. HERBERT, ERNEST K. PIPER.

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